Monthly Archives: December 2012

2012 in review

December 31, 2012 by tchistorygal

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Dear Friends, This blog was started as an experiment. Without you my experiment would have fizzled. But as you can see, it lights up the night sky exploding with my joy to you for making it so much fun. I had a goofy contest for the commenters with the most comments on my blog, which came about as a result of an ongoing comment chat in my […]

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Categories: About, Blogging, Experience • Tags: 2012, blogging, friendship, Marsha Lee, WordPress Review

Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

December 30, 2012 by tchistorygal

January – Thirty years ago student teachers HAD to be a member of a professional organization as part of their graduation requirements. Although it is no longer mandatory, social studies teachers who join California Council for the Social Studies become the leaders in their field as they meet colleagues from across the state, and make friendships that last a lifetime. In January the CCSS Executive Board asked to serve as the First Vice-President, replacing a member who had moved to Colorado. […]

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Categories: beach, Blogging, California, California Desert, CCSS, Education, Experience, history-social science, Photography, Retirement, SJVCSS, TCHS, WP Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: Marsha Lee, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

Awards Made Easy

December 30, 2012 by tchistorygal

If you’ve been blogging regularly and faithfully for more than two or three weeks, you’ve probably received your first award. This post is primarily for NEW bloggers. Experienced bloggers don’t always stick by the letter of the Award Laws, but they have developed their own ways to responding to awards. This is my way. In my opinion, Awards are fun. Someone took the time to develop them. They are an invitation from someone who is reaching out and saying, “I […]

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Categories: Awards, Blogging, Featured Blog, Writing • Tags: awards, blogging skills, featured blog, Marsha Lee, Patricia Drury, Ralph

Wonderful Team Member Award

December 29, 2012 by tchistorygal

As I happily make this post, I complete my long-overdue responses to the wonderful folks that nominated me for awards. J.G. Burdette, one of my favorite writers, nominated me for the Wonderful Team Member Readership Award. I DO deserve this award, particularly from her, because I love to read her articles. They are more than posts. She writes beautifully narrated biographies which always include snip-its of little known facts on historic folks. (Yes, you might guess that I like […]

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Categories: Awards, Blogging • Tags: An electric journal of a castaway, blogging, GLORIOUS METTLE, Guapola, MY RIGHT TO BITCH, ruleofstupid, The Bottom of a Bottle, Wonderful Team Member Readership Award

Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award

December 28, 2012 by tchistorygal

This sweet award comes to me from the sweetest 16-year-old I know – from Renee. Thanks Renee! You are the best!!!! Here are the rules for the award: 1. Provide a link and thank the blogger who nominated you for this award. 2. Answer 10 questions. 3. Nominate 10-12 blogs that you find a joy to read. 4. Provide links to these nominated blogs and kindly let the recipients know that they have been nominated. 5. Include the award logo […]

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Categories: Awards, Blogging • Tags: 1earthnow, a recipe sharing and bento blog, A year of reading the world, Anna Scott Graham, award, benzeknees, blogging, Coming East, Erin Daniel Photography, Indie Novelist, rarasaur, Roxie's Blog, Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award, The Adventures of Justin Beaver, The numpty novice with a compact camera and a laptop, Views From My World

Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

December 27, 2012 by tchistorygal

I enjoy photo challenges because they always make me think. I don’t usually think about themes. I was surprised this morning when I was reading Russel Ray’s site that anyone could come up with enough pictures of chimneys, let alone the idea that the chimneys were Santa-unfriendly chimneys, and therefore the cause of undelivered gifts in Southern California. I am surprised at the creative thinking of others. Being basically self-centered my first thought was, when have I ever been surprised. […]

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Categories: Blogging, Featured Blog, people, Photography, WP Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: Dianne Gray, featured blog, Lantern Post, photography, Robin Coyle, Russel Ray, Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

Wednesday Morning Inspiration

December 27, 2012 by tchistorygal

Reblogged from The Hand-Written Life: Although Christmas is officially over, I’m just not ready for the warm fuzzy feelings of happiness and love to go away quite yet! So I thought I would hold onto it for as long as possible by sharing an inspirational story with you all on this Wednesday morning… Chy Johnson is a 16 year old student with microcephaly – a birth defect that causes her brain to work at only a 3rd grade level. […]

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Categories: Experience

December 26, 2012

December 26, 2012 by tchistorygal

What a whirlwind party we had over the holiday/birthday. In two days WE, Renee and I, had — 517 visitors!!! That’s almost a quarter of a month’s worth for me! WOW! Renee, I never knew you had SO many friends!!!!! Many of my blogging friends stopped by as well, and I thank you ALL for making our party so enjoyable. I think Renee was up for two nights straight answering comments! She said she didn’t sleep, and I believe her. […]

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Categories: Experience

GOOD MORNING!! How was it for you baby!?

December 26, 2012 by tchistorygal

Reblogged from company for christmas: So Company for Christmas did its thing, and the 22 signed up volunteers, plus at least 10 last minute volunteer-visitors hung out together for a slice of Christmas! How was it? I did my best to keep an eye (I managed 21 hours dipping in before passing out!), and saw a lot of positive comments about the experience. I do know some volunteers didn’t get to chat – I hope they know that the idea […]

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Categories: Experience

Renee’s Online Birthday Party

December 24, 2012 by tchistorygal

It’s Christmas Day, Renee’s 16th Birthday. Welcome everybody Come on in. In honor of Renee’s country _______________________, all the print will be in green, because in ______________________, it’s __________________. Renee, it’s your 16th birthday, and below you’ll find lots of things you love, and maybe some things you don’t know about. Click on the balloons and see what happens. Click on Renee’s picture to see what happens. Birthday Game #1 Answer at least one question about Renee in the […]

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Categories: Blogging, Experience, people, social media • Tags: fun, online birthday party, Renee

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Sunday Post: Christmas

December 23, 2012 by tchistorygal

Jake has done it again – a post to challenge my photographic abilities. I haven’t been too successful with night pictures or inside pictures. So here is my trial. Thanks to Leanne Cole and Russel Ray Photos for the tutorials on Photoshop to spruce these up! Most of our Christmas ornaments stay packed in the boxes each year because one of us doesn’t like them, and because V likes simplicity. I have to agree with him on that when I […]

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Categories: About, Family, Photography, Sunday Post • Tags: Christmas, decorating, Marsha Lee, ornaments, photography, Sunday Post:Christmas

Miles Dean, age 57 riding across America

Book Review: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America

December 23, 2012 by tchistorygal

It’s not every day that a good book about both geography and history comes along, but Lisa Winkler’s non-fiction epic, A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America, guides the reader from New Jersey to California. Each chapter portrays the real-life adventure of an African-American teacher, Miles Dean, who rides horseback across the United States beginning September 22, 2007. The mini-biography of Dean spans not only the country, but the centuries of African-American history in various places along the way. There is not […]

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Categories: animals, Books, Common Core, Experience, history-social science, Travel • Tags: A Black Cowboy's Ride Across America, book review, geography, history, Lisa Winkler, Marsha Lee, Travel, United States

Romance in Tulare County

December 22, 2012 by tchistorygal

If you’ve been reading my blog recently, you’ll notice that several blogger friends are wanting to get together. Several have suggested that they want to come to Tulare County. I will just say that it’s a great place! Romance is in the air. You’ll be given lots of space So come to TC for your special romantic vacation. You can’t go wrong! Boyfriends or girlfriends are not provided!!! *******************************************************************************************************************Now for some serious business: I received a present of a book […]

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Categories: Books, California, Featured Blog, hotel, Travel, Tulare County • Tags: book review, hotels, Marsha Lee, romance, Travel, Tulare County

My dreams usually involve a cliff, water, and sometimes stairs or steps.

Sunday Post: Follow Your Dreams

December 21, 2012 by tchistorygal

Jakesprinter has really challenged me with this contest. I struggled even to define dreams. I have achieved many personal dreams in life, meaning ambitions, and am working on others. I wanted to ignore the deeper meaning, the subconscious, the murky sludge in the pit of the mind that comes to haunt our sleep. I reread Jake’s introductory post, and decided I must include both definitions to meet the challenge he presented. So I started to research my dreams, those […]

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Categories: Experience

Comment Competition Ends Midnight Dec. 31, 2012 PST

December 19, 2012 by tchistorygal

Autty Jade has taken up the challenge. For months she has led the pack for numbers of comments – and numbers of words, too. Today, her record was broken by Ralph with a total of 55 comments to Autty’s 50. Autty has vowed that Ralph is not going to beat her, so watch out Ralph! This girl’s keyboarding fingers move faster than Superman’s when he has a pressing deadline at the Daily Planet, AND Lois Lane is in trouble.. Poor, […]

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Categories: Awards, Blogging, communication, Fiction, pets • Tags: blogging, Comment competition, fiction, fun, humor, Marsha Lee

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Friendship

December 19, 2012 by tchistorygal

This is a short post (Quit saying YEAH!!!) because I spent my night surfing and reading blogs, old and new. But I’ve been pondering this recently. When does friendship start? You click on my blog and press like? Is that what it takes? I read and follow, and you come back. We exchange a comment. Are we friends yet? We share an X or O Or maybe a or two. Has that sparked the cord? I pour out my […]

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Categories: Experience, poetry, Writing • Tags: friendship, Marsha Lee, Poetry

Day Trip In Search of Snow

December 18, 2012 by tchistorygal

Thank you Ivon for adding star number 5 to my blog of 2012 award. One more to go, and I’ve got them all. Thanks to all of you who have helped me accumulate 13,500 views on my site. We got up Sunday morning to absolutely sparkly blue skies, and cool temperatures. It was a perfect day for a trip to the mountains. I wanted to see snow up close and personal. In the summer here the weather changes very little, […]

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Categories: animals, California, Experience, Family, Featured Blog, mountains, parks, pets, Photography, Tulare County • Tags: animals, Kaweah Lake, Marsha Lee, Pets, photography, puppies, Rumpy Dog, Sequoia National Park, Terminus Dam, Tulare County

flower with delicate pink tinged petals.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate

December 17, 2012 by tchistorygal

Delicate suggests many diverse meanings. Curiously, now and again what seems delicate may actually be quite strong, and conversely, when something appears heavy, mechanical, sturdy or awkward may have delicate functions, characteristics, or aspects. Here are some of my choices for the many meanings of delicate. How many of them might at the same time be surprisingly durable, hardy, vigorous or unyielding? 1. Pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way, and 2. Very subtle in difference or distinction. With its […]

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Categories: Blogging, Featured Blog, Photography, Resources, WP Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: featured blog, Marsha Lee, photography, Sydney Fong, Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate

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2012 in review

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Awards Made Easy

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Wonderful Team Member Award

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

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Wednesday Morning Inspiration

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December 26, 2012

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GOOD MORNING!! How was it for you baby!?

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Sunday Post: Christmas

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Romance in Tulare County

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Sunday Post: Follow Your Dreams

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Comment Competition Ends Midnight Dec. 31, 2012 PST

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Friendship

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Day Trip In Search of Snow

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate

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